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Theodore Roosevelt thinks the White combination is sound and that Garfield will advise wisely. He agrees with Norman Hapgood about reciprocity, but does not think he will be able to avoid supporting it. Although the treaty is not perfect, it is a move in the right direction.
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1911-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with William Allen White and would like to see W. H. Hinebaugh at some point.
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1915-01-04
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his admiration of Chester H. Rowell and says he suggested Rowell as a candidate for chairman of the Progressive Party’s national committee. However, the general feeling favored a candidate from the geographic center of the country. Roosevelt agrees that the reaction against the Progressive Party was temporary, a “stomach vote.” He says there are many opinions on the future of the party and that he has received contradictory advice ranging from continuing the fight to rejoining the Republican Party. He does not want to abandon “forward movement” through the Progressive Party, but admits it is currently impossible in many areas of the country.
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1914-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt comments on the defeat of the Progressive Party and the outcome of a recent meeting of party leaders. He notes that William Allen White and Chester H. Rowell were allowed to lead the discussion and determine the party’s public platform. He wished that George W. Perkins had intervened, to reassert that the party is still committed to the progressive principles it stood for in 1912.
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1914-12-11
Theodore Roosevelt read with interest the British study of profit sharing and William Allen White’s letter. He supports the selection of Mr. Williams as the Director of the Progressive Service.
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1912-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt sends Gifford Pinchot a copy of the letter he sent to Peckham. Roosevelt encourages Pinchot to address the Kansas Progressives on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Roosevelt also responds to a newly received letter from Pinchot addressing controversy within the Progressive Party. Roosevelt concludes with the belief that Gifford and Amos Pinchot should try and raise subscriptions.
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1913-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt relitigates the circumstances surrounding the language and inclusion of the trust plank in the Progressive Party platform. Roosevelt states that he is planning to propose Francis J. Heney as Meyer Lissner’s proxy on the executive committee of the Progressive Party and expresses frustration about the tension between the moderate and radical wings of the party leading to dysfunction.
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1912-12-13
President Roosevelt sends Senator Lodge a passage of a letter he received from William Allen White, in which White praises Lodge’s speech and conduct at the Republican National convention.
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1908-06-26
President Roosevelt tells his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, that their letters must have crossed in the mail. Roosevelt remarks on his view that the Presidency should be a powerful position, but one that is subject to review by the population. Roosevelt does not believe that one person should be in the Presidency for more than eight years at a time. William Allen White has written him an amusing letter enclosing an editorial, which he sends to show to Robinson.
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1908-06-26
President Roosevelt feels Philip Battell Stewart, candidate for governor of Colorado, was right in his stand. He finds it unfortunate that at times the Republican party is put in the position of championing improper corporate influences, especially as it weakens the party’s other platforms.
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1906-09-25
President Roosevelt finds “a rather grim satisfaction” in seeing Henry Beach Needham’s movement misjudged in the papers, having been in the same position. However, he thinks the movement has “great possibilities for good.”
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1906-09-24
President Roosevelt is glad that Secretary of War Taft is looking into all the matters he mentioned in his recent letter, and is especially pleased that Taft will stay in his cabinet. He forwards a letter from William Allen White, and asks Taft’s opinion about whether they should do anything about the charges against General Leonard Wood. Roosevelt additionally asks Taft’s advice regarding a letter from former Georgia Representative William H. Fleming.
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1906-08-20
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Secretary of War Taft a letter from William Allen White to Roosevelt, a newspaper clipping containing charges against General Leonard Wood, and a copy of Roosevelt’s reply to Allen.
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1906-08-04
President Roosevelt refutes a claim by Norman Hapgood regarding his supposed interference in the 1904 Missouri gubernatorial election where he said that one candidate was “a better man” than the other. Roosevelt quotes the text of several letters written in connection to this issue to back up his claim that he did not say this, and that his actual sentiment was misinterpreted. This misinterpretation, Roosevelt suggests, was part of an effort to influence the election in Missouri against Roosevelt’s presidential campaign.
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1906-07-17
Based on the recommendations of a number of judges and other prominent men, President Roosevelt has appointed Harry J. Bone United States District Attorney. However, he warns Bone that if his former drinking problem resurfaces, he will be dismissed or asked to resign.
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1905-12-04
President Roosevelt asks that editor and publisher Robert J. Collier treat this letter with confidentiality. Roosevelt thinks Cyrus Packard Walbridge is the better candidate for Missouri Governor than Joseph Wingate Folk, although he has never said so publicly. Any comments made by William Allen White about Roosevelt changing his opinion of Folk are “arrant nonsense.” Folk had compromised his potential by appearing on the ticket with “boodlers” (those who obtain money dishonestly). It should be assumed that the president does not intervene in state matters, but if he did, he would support his party, not a Democratic candidate.
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1904-10-20
President Roosevelt describes his recent dinner guests.
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1903-03-01
President Roosevelt introduces William Allen White, who would like to speak to Governor Francis about having some sculptures by Edward Kemeys at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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1903-02-23
President Roosevelt invites Fanny Bowditch Dixwell Holmes and Justice Holmes to dinner on Saturday evening.
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1903-02-25
The protests of William Allen White have convinced President Roosevelt not to appoint Wiggam as postmaster of Emporia, Kansas.
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1902-06-21